Press Conference by the Prime Minister regarding His Visit to the United States and Other Matters

"The World and Japan" Database (Project Leader: TANAKA Akihiko)

Database of Japanese Politics and International Relations

National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS); Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia (IASA), The University of Tokyo

[Title] Press Conference by the Prime Minister regarding His Visit to the United States and Other Matters

[Place]

[Date] September 23, 2021

[Source] Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet

[Notes] Provisional translation

[Full text]

(Regarding his visit to the United States)

One of the purposes of this visit to the Unites States is to participate in the four-nation meeting hosted by the United States for the first time involving Japan, Australia and India. The meeting will focus on important issues such as vaccines, new technologies and climate change, while exploring concrete ways to achieve a free and open Indo-Pacific region.